Predicted to enable selenocysteine insertion sequence binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide; cytoplasmic translation; and defense response to Gram-negative bacterium. Is active in postsynaptic density. Is expressed in brain. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in herpes simplex. Orthologous to human RPL30 (ribosomal protein L30). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]